35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Has anyone seen a 35 Whelen or owned a 35 Whelen in a lever action ?
Someone mentioned they thought it had been made at one time?
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Not commercially, but it's a joke to rebarrel a '95 of which I've read others doing....or you can do what I did...buy an 1895 in 35 Winchester which is only slightly less powerful.------6

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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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A long action .30-06 Browning BLR-81 is easily re-bored/re-rifled to .358" (.35 Whelan); likewise a .30-06 Winchester/Miroku Model 1895.


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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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I was going to have a 1895 Browning in 30-06 rebored to 35 Whelen. But then, like Sixgun, I fell into a 1895 Win in 35 Win. Then I picked up a 71 Winchester. So I have high powered 35 cal leverguns covered.
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Sixgun wrote:Not commercially, but it's a joke to rebarrel a '95 of which I've read others doing....or you can do what I did...buy an 1895 in 35 Winchester which is only slightly less powerful.------6


I've taken the 35 WCF out boar hunting a couple times, one shot each. I did get help finding one though, Shot had gone a little high but through both shoulders. She wasn't far but dry ground and really thick brush made her hard to see.

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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Seems to me Dave Scovil had a Jap 1895 Browning that was a 35 Whelen or something close to it . Think he got it from or had it done by a company called Z-Hat .
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Had two of the Z-Hat guns before he gave up the work, both ran like a scalded dog, one in 35 Whelan and the other in his 411 caliber, both where done up before Winchester reintroduced the 405.

Loved the 35, always wanted one of the 35 Winchester, black bears and pigs where nothing, didn't warm to the 411 and sold it off
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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The relatively long cartridge makes for a long lever stroke on a BLR (30-06) that I don't care for. The 200 fps advantage over the 308 length is not worth it in my opinion. Which is why I have no 35 Whelan and do have 358 Win. There's data out there as to why the .gov went from 30-06 to 308 that applies to the 35s.
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... lit=whelen

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... lit=whelen

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... lit=whelen

I have a "new to me" Miroku 1895 takedown in .30-'06 that would be a perfect rebore project, but I really don't NEED 2 of them. The agony....
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Tycer wrote:The relatively long cartridge makes for a long lever stroke on a BLR (30-06) that I don't care for. The 200 fps advantage over the 308 length is not worth it in my opinion. Which is why I have no 35 Whelan and do have 358 Win. There's data out there as to why the .gov went from 30-06 to 308 that applies to the 35s.

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That makes a lot of sense. I agree on the ballistic facts.

Sometimes a guy just wants a cartridge that's nostalgic in a classic firearm without a lot of ballistic thinking involved. I'm very guilty of that.

Up to a hundred yards the grand old 35 Remington, properly loaded will do even what the 358 Norma Mag will do...kill big things.------ :D ------6
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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Dave James wrote:Had two of the Z-Hat guns before he gave up the work, both ran like a scalded dog, one in 35 Whelan and the other in his 411 caliber, both where done up before Winchester reintroduced the 405.

Loved the 35, always wanted one of the 35 Winchester, black bears and pigs where nothing, didn't warm to the 411 and sold it off
He gave up the 1895's or work all together? I have a Rem 700 in .375 Hawk/Scovill that Fred rebarreld for me.
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Re: 35 Whelen in Lever Action ?

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I have a Browning 1895 that was a 30-06, but I sent it to Jes and had it bored to 35 Whelen. I had him do a 1 in 14 twist on the bore and also had him cut the barrel down to 21 inches. It is a very good shooter and really thumps elk. But even with a good peep sight my eyes are getting to old to shoot as well as I should. Some day it may have to find a new home................Joe
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